With ever more smartphones and tablets infiltrating our daily personal and professional lives, there are more possibilities to consume information and increase our data usage wherever we are. Initially, it was the devices that weren’t compatible with data streaming and consumption of data-rich services such as high definition video, live TV, music or multi-user gaming. Then it was the networks that couldn’t buffer data in time or download quickly enough unless you were on a WiFi connection. With a 4G mobile network, however, the options are endless.

The technology gives consumers the opportunity to ‘experience “blinding speed” mobile interactions, thanks to short response times (low latency), and loading speed up to five times faster than 3G’.

Our role in this is helping EE to meet the commercial and technical challenges of 4G with our Advanced Connectivity solution – UpTeq LTE – which supports the back-end applications and the card software functionalities.

We have prior experience of supporting LTE deployments in Japan and the US, so we’re very excited about the 4G roll-out in the UK. There has been much skepticism and operators have taken their time, but it’s here now. Power to smartphone and tablet users, wherever they are.